महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
श्रुत्वा कुमारं जातं तु देवयानी शुचिस्मिता ।
चिन्तयामास दुःखार्ता शर्मिष्ठां प्रति भारत ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
śrutvā kumāraṁ jātaṁ tu devayānī śucismitā ,
cintayāmāsa duḥkhārtā śarmiṣṭhāṁ prati bhārata.

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca śrutvā kumāram jātam tu Devayānī
śucismitā cintayāmāsa duḥkhārtā Śarmiṣṭhām prati Bhārata

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Hearing that a son was born, Devayānī, with a pure smile, became distressed and began to worry about Śarmiṣṭhā, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampayana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• कुमारम् (kumāram) - a boy, a son, a youth

• जातम् (jātam) - the son who was born (born, produced)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani

• शुचिस्मिता (śucismitā) - with a pure smile, pure-smiling

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - she thought, she worried

• दुःखार्ता (duḥkhārtā) - distressed by sorrow, afflicted by pain

• शर्मिष्ठाम् (śarmiṣṭhām) - Sharmishtha

• प्रति (prati) - towards, about, concerning

• भारत (bhārata) - O King Janamejaya (the addresser of the epic) (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampayana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Vaiśaṃpāyana

Vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampayana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Derived from √śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

कुमारम् (kumāram) - a boy, a son, a youth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kumāra

kumāra - a boy, a son, a youth, a prince

जातम् (jātam) - the son who was born (born, produced)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √jan

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'kumāram'

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of Devayānī

Devayānī - Devayani (name of Sukracharya's daughter)

शुचिस्मिता (śucismitā) - with a pure smile, pure-smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śucismita

śucismita - pure-smiling, having a pure smile

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śuci+smita)

• śuci – pure, bright, white
  adjective
• smita – a smile, smiling
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √smi
  Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Devayānī'

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - she thought, she worried

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of cint

Perfect tense form of the causative/denominative verb √cint

Root: cit (class 10)

दुःखार्ता (duḥkhārtā) - distressed by sorrow, afflicted by pain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkhārta

duḥkhārta - afflicted by sorrow/pain

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+ārta)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √ṛ
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'Devayānī'

शर्मिष्ठाम् (śarmiṣṭhām) - Sharmishtha

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of Śarmiṣṭhā

Śarmiṣṭhā - Sharmishtha (name of a princess, daughter of Vrishaparvan)

प्रति (prati) - towards, about, concerning

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O King Janamejaya (the addresser of the epic) (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of Bhārata

Bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a warrior